Windows

If you're like most .NET developers, chances are quite high that you're developing on Windows. In case you're unaware, git was originally written to manage the Linux source code. What this means is that it has a very different philosophy than your standard Windows application.

I just wanted to share a quick tip on something that had been tripping me up. I've happily been running Windows 7 x64 for around a month now. At work, our VPN hardware doesn't support 64-bit (different topic, don't ask), so I wanted to use the VPN client from within Windows XP Mode. Sounds good, right?

I was just setting at a command prompt in Vista on my laptop and I typed "cd /" out of habit and, to my surprise, it worked! Not only that, but tab completion still behaved as expected!

Supporting Windows 2000 and some oddities encountered

Custom shell extension to allow you to right click and rebuild solutions from Windows Explorer

Windows, Outlook, Internet Explorer and more still use DDE to communicate

Windows Vista has this thing called Stability Score...

Windows Vista is out... but lots of software needs to be released to support it, too

How I'm dealing with programs that don't support running as admin yet

Windows OneCare now works in Vista.

I was trying to move documents and photos from the C: to the D: drive

Wherein Virtual CloneDrive didn't work, but DAEMON Tools did.

Directory junctions, backwards compatibility and new directories in Windows Vista

Windows Vista Secrets and other tips

My first time to see the UAC administrator prompt in Windows Vista.

Windows One Care doesn't work in RC1, but they've still included it in the "Offers from Microsoft" section of Vista's welcome center.